High Power Portable VS Truckmount Operating costs.

Nope.

Superglide Ken wrote: John L wrote: Ken.. I have in my Van next to my TM a R e c o i l..The most powerful porty in the land..  I am very versatile.. Or the Recoil can be loaded in a more economical vehicle if gas went up to 12 bucks..   John, you will not have the most powerful porty in the land till you own a Titan. Everything else is at best, second best!

 

Care to check again? LOL



Titan-400HV Super Portable:



0 to 450 psi Pump
4- high performance 2 stage vacuum motors in parallel
Dual 50'- 12/3 UL rated power cables
120 lbs(19"X30"X48" in size)
12" Stair Climbing wheels
Waist high switches
5" heavy duty casters
Integrated molded hinges and handles
Quick Change motors
Durable poly-molded housings
12 gallon tanks
440 total cfm output. 140" Lift
Superglide Dual jet SS Wand & Glide/ 50' vac(2") & solution hose is optional.
1 year warantee included

Superglide Ken wrote: Care to check again? LOL

Ken you are still going to have gas getting to the job so your main extra gas that you are burning is at the customers house.  Using your numbers you use about 2 gallons an hour.  My average job is 1.5 hours at $4 a gallon I'm looking at $12 in gas to do that job.  Where with a porty would take me two more more hours to do.  Follow me here if I work 8 hours of cleaning time I would be looking at 4 jobs with a porty, or 5.3 jobs with a TM (8/1.5=5.33) .  So lets round down to five and give me a longer lunch.  Lets say you average job is around $150. 
Total income with a portable is 4x150=600, and a TM 5x150=750.  Now I have to take the cost of gas out we said $12 a job 12x5=60.  So now take 750-60=690 a profit of 90 per day at 20 days a month $1800 at the end of the month.  We now have to look at chemicals you will need to use more chemicals to get the same or close results with a portable, do to the extra heat and power of a TM.  The $12 a job is more like $10 a job, you don't think you can roll this price on to you customers.   I don't know about other cleaners but I know I can sell my TM more then a portable.  Where I live about 25% of the time a customer won't let you in if they see they are getting a portable. Factor this in and the TM is looking a lot better.  Thats another thing I didn't mention with the average job price.  I was saying you will get the same money with a portable  as a TM, slim chance where I live, so the cost of $10 a job is non existent.  For you information you can get an electric TM that uses 2 20 amp circuits that has a lot more power then any portable(Bane-Clene) they cost around 10K.

Over-priced, underpowered equipment that works on 1 cord.Rationing is coming to the USA next year, so getting enough gas to run the TM is not going to be there. In that situation, having the best ortable or electric TM is going to be the only thing the customer can get. No resistance then.